Diana Sabau

Senior Content Writer, CRE News & Market Analysis

Drawing on years of intense research in the U.S. commercial real estate market at Yardi Matrix, Diana now applies her expertise as a writer for the CommercialCafe blog. Her articles focus on CRE investment, labor market trends, and technology, and have been picked up by prestigious publications including the New York Times, GlobeSt, The Real Deal, NAIOP, MSN, and Bisnow.

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Feldman Equities Acquires Fort Lauderdale Office in $59 Million Deal

Feldman Equities closed a $59 million deal for a Pinnacle Corporate Park in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The seller — a joint venture between DRA Advisors and Banyan Street Capital — received roughly $226 per square foot for the property, a record price for the Cypress Creek submarket in the last decade.

Expert Insights: Chicago Real Estate Attorney John Goldstein Discusses Office Leasing in the Current Marketplace

What are the most popular concessions that tenants with long-term office leases try to negotiate for? Considering the COVID-19 outbreak, did lenders’ attitude towards investing in commercial real estate, especially larger office buildings, change? We sat down with John A. Goldstein, a real estate attorney and officer at Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C., in Chicago to talk about the current changes in the CRE marketplace.

Work from Home Moms Survey: We Asked Women About Their Challenges During COVID-19

Our survey of work from home moms during the COVID-19 pandemic tracks prominent challenges they have felt navigating employment at the same time as being disproportionately impacted by changes in the childcare and household workload.

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Rosenthal Wine Inks Lease at Domino’s Sugar Refinery in Brooklyn

Rosenthal Wine Merchant (RWM) signed a seven-year lease deal for 6,000 square feet of office space at Two Trees-owned Ten Grand Street in Brooklyn. The new tenant will…

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Google’s $7 Billion Bet on a Post-COVID U.S. Office Market

In a recent blog post, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai announced his company’s plans to invest $7 billion in offices and data centers across 19 U.S. states. With a…

U.S. Energy Consumption 2020 Update: 22 States Witness 2-Digit Drops in Industrial Power Usage

The pandemic has been the ultimate black swan event of the past decade. Not only did it require changes in the way individuals and groups interact, but also…

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Top 50 Office Sales of the Last 2 Decades

The years between 2000 and 2020 have proven to be quite eventful for the U.S. office market. The first decade started on the tail end of the dot-com…

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Beyond Meat Signs 280,000-Square-Foot Lease for New El Segundo HQ

Beyond Meat — one of the most prominent plant-based food companies in the U.S. — has signed a 12-year lease with Hackman Capital Partners for 280,000 square feet…

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Morning Consult Inks 49KSF Lease at D.C. Office

Data intelligence company Morning Consult signed a 12-year lease in the historic Woodies Building — a 10-story, mixed-use, retail and office space for rent in Washington, D.C. Owned…

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Lights Out! U.S. States Where Energy Consumption Rose or Fell During Lockdown

COVID-19 has put a damper on the hubbub of our interconnected societies, forcing us into an economic cooldown. As a result, the effects have spilled over into the…